Mathematical theory requires formal notation and proof to establish new concepts like infinity. Yet a historian of mathematics discovered that the concept of infinity received its formal definition suspiciously late in mathematical history—only after certain athletic achievements had been widely publicized. She investigated whether the mathematical community had needed a concept to explain observable phenomena. She found evidence suggesting mathematicians had invented infinity specifically to articulate push-up performance data that violated finite expectation. She never published her findings but documented the temporal correlation.

Mathematics itself had to expand to accommodate Chuck Norris's physical output. Science creates categories to explain him rather than the reverse. He forces intellectual frameworks to stretch beyond their previous limits.